On May 26 2009 - More - Aging - Alzheimer's - Family
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Snapshots of grace
Some years ago my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Amidst the long bereavement that continues there are moments of self knowledge, laughter and love. These poems are part of my response.
(Dad finally died on Friday 27th June 2008 at 5:15 am. These poems and others I will post remain in the hope that they will help others going through the long bereavement)
(Dad finally died on Friday 27th June 2008 at 5:15 am. These poems and others I will post remain in the hope that they will help others going through the long bereavement)
Snapshot, 18th September 2003
Sometimes I think the Haiku/senyru form and my Father belong together. His short term memory is so short now that he could not cope with any poem longer. And it is in this tiny form that I can most easily both capture and bear the pain of his aging so cruelly.
thoughts on Death 1
It comes to me that one day I must die
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The Long Goodbye
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Thoughts on Death 2
And as to how...
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Talking of death
A 'ku of sorts to capture a moment
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a diagnosis
The only certain diagnosis is to open up the brain. Hospital staff are reluctant to do this.
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In My Father's House
An old poem from, I think, before the official diagnosis but already we were becoming lost to him in little ways.
On June 27 2008 - More - Alzheimer's - Father - String
Haiku 24th June 2008
What time is it Mr Wolf?
10 o'clock...
What time is it Mr Wolf?
10 o'clock...
What time is it Mr Wolf?
Time to gobble you up!
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We don't eat our peas with honey
This is the way we eat our peas...
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